History AwesomeMusic / MetalGear

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EANzlJyhjjU I.N.O.Y]]", the final track from the cut mission 51, especially the part from between 4:19 - 4:52, which kicks in when the defeated Eli declares "Not yet. Not is not over yet." It is a rather fitting theme for him.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EANzlJyhjjU I.N.O.Y]]", the final track from the cut mission 51, especially the part from between 4:19 - 4:52, which kicks in when the defeated Eli declares "Not yet. Not is not over yet."

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* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIvdj2dwfxE main theme]], which is later remixed into [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DywkglA4fwc Zero Allies!]] And of course there's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3rPP1V38Qs Love Deterrence]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LRTM-kdEkI Koi No Yokushiryoku]]. What makes them more awesome is that, like in past games, they play at certain parts in the game; Heaven's Divide is played in the part mentioned above, while [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LRTM-kdEkI Koi no Yokushiryoku]] is played [[spoiler: as Paz's battle theme when she hijacks ZEKE]]. This is a change from past games, [[spoiler:since you are fighting a friend (or at least someone with second thoughts), and not an enemy. What makes it special is that this was what she was supposed to sing during the annual MSF day of peace.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41BP-0FnzeQ Don't Say a Word]] by MiracleOfSound nails the atmosphere of Phantom Pain brilliantly.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3472Q6kvg0 "Rules Of Nature"]] is the first song with vocals that you encounter in the game itself. Only the instrumental version plays over the Metal Gear RAY fight - until you move to finish the thing off. What follows is a '''brutal''' MetalScream of the song's title that puts emphasis on the ass-kicking that Raiden is putting on the machine by describing the conflict as a battle between a wild predator and its prey. It's especially effective when the boss comes back for more, where it's given a TriumphantReprise once you take it down for good.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58V7XDgIB2c Arsenal's Guts]], a song that plays near the end of the game and has some of the thickest and spookiest stealth atmosphere to ever hit the Metal Gear series.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIOTOAoASzE This remix of the main themes from MGS and [=MGS2=], SNES style.]]

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIOTOAoASzE This remix of the main themes from MGS and MGS2, SNES style.]]

Every single Franchise/MetalGear game owes a great deal of its awesomeness to the incredible music.

** Fan Film MetalGearSolidPhilanthropy adds [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7wIWN8dDc "Will There Be an End",]] composed specifically for the movie and performed by the same singer who did "The Best is Yet to Come".

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aHQnDTd1y4 Snake Eater]], the theme song of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'', managing to be both a parody and a spectacular example of 60s spy tunes. The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C9niRuUb5g Japanese version]] is great as well. As part of a promotional soundtrack for ''The Phantom Pain'', Donna Burke did covers of several of the vocal themes throughout the ''Solid'' series, resulting in a brilliant [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIHUoAs5OUE funky, bass-heavy remix of the song]].

* The quiet piano version of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTblw_-NGO8 Snake Eater]] also qualifies. It's a good callback to the [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 game of the same name]], the part of the game where the flashback scenes tend to take place (it plays "Snake Eater" if you take too long), and in general has sort of a wistful, flashbacky feel to it.

* As with "Rules of Nature", all of the battle themes for the bosses start off as instrumentals in the game, only to gain vocals and become {{Image Song}}s about the characters at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmPa2RwAa4&t=17m17s perfectly-timed cues]] when the final phase of the fight starts. And they sure do put the '''metal''' in ''Franchise/MetalGear''.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYEK_yvIWas Midge Ure's cover of]] [[AwesomeMusic/DavidBowie "The Man Who Sold the World"]] plays during the opening credits. It sounds a lot like the original while adding a MetalGear edge and ethereal sound to it.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f00OQVn-Hbo "Way To Fall"]], the ending theme of ''[=MGS3=]'' by Starsailor. Easily up there with several of the ''SilentHill'' themes, if not the most fitting ending theme ever for a game. On a related note: Kojima originally wanted two songs by Music/DavidBowie, "Space Oddity" and "Ashes to Ashes", to play during the ending.

* During all the killing the [=AIs=] are capable of, they seem to really have a fascination for Music/TheCarpenters "Sing". No, more like Kojima seems to like the song, since it plays quite a few times, becomes a way to give the game's message focus, and plays during part of the end credits.

* "Elegia" by New Order from the E3 2015 trailer manages to convey the ominous tensions of TheEighties, the game's dark undertones and Big Boss' final descent all at once.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY5y60JZ7zU "Fall of Mother Base"]]. The song that plays during the destruction of Mother Base is a darker version of Peace Walker's Main Theme that captures the feeling of losing your comrades and watching everything you've built fall in front of your eyes.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7r_COZ_oKU "Ocelot Youth - Confrontation"]] does a great job of matching the tension of the gun fight between Naked Snake and [[MagnificentBastard Ocelot]] in his youth and fits the latter's character.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QioBJwnMm3o Ocelot Youth ~ Confrontation]]. Pretty good, huh?

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZr6mz6vSQ Battle In The Jungle]] captures the tension of being hunted perfectly.
* The Pain. Who knew a silly boss who shoots bees at people could have an intense and action packed theme?

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPR-yCy_0vA Clash With Evil Personified]], [[CompleteMonster Volgin's]] battle theme.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPR-yCy_0vA Clash With Evil Personified]], Volgin's battle theme.

* "Quiet's Theme", which was previewed prior to "Sins Of The Father", is finally given a full version in the launch trailer and it captures the TearJerker nature of the game and, in a meta way, the ending of the saga. It's also, more accurately, a very good (and heartbreaking) summation of Quiet's character arc in the game.

* Of course, during all the killing the AI's are capable of, they seem to really have a fascination for TheCarpenters "Sing". No, more like Kojima seems to like the song, since it plays quite a few times, becomes a way to give the game's message focus, and plays during part of the end credits.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWnS8iKYnbQ "A Stranger I Remain",]] Mistral's theme, describing how she [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand only feels at home on the battlefield]] fighting for a cause she believes in - the first time in her life that she's ever found one. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyYLwJmo0MY The original version]], not used in the game, contains an entire verse and alternate chorus not present in the final mix. These further expand on Mistral's character, detailing how her carnage-filled past has left her capable of interacting with others only in destructive ways, and how any aspirations to redeem her are the stuff of naive fantasy.

* [[https://youtu.be/NgFNgX85O5Y Approaching Home]], the music that plays during most returns to Mother Base. It perfectly captures the somber tone if the whole game as well as relief of being back in safe territory. "Welcome home, Boss!" indeed.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f00OQVn-Hbo "Way To Fall"]], the ending theme of ''[=MGS3=]'' by Starsailor. Easily up there with several of the ''SilentHill'' themes, if not the most fitting ending theme ever for a game. On a related note: Kojima originally wanted two songs by DavidBowie, "Space Oddity" and "Ashes to Ashes", to play during the ending.